Biodiversity Engagement Zones
April 25, 2024
When it comes to planning new trails or improving existing ones, traditional primary objectives center on trail design, construction, maintenance,…
Field Notes
Category: Environmental Consultant Thought Leadership
Category: Environmental Consultant Thought Leadership
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- See Details about Reflecting on Over Two Decades of Eelgrass Surveys
Reflecting on Over Two Decades of Eelgrass Surveys
March 1, 2024
Eelgrass (Zostera marina), which grows along many shorelines and shallow embayments across California, is an easy-to-miss underwater plant with outsized…
- See Details about Resilient Data – Is Your Organization’s Data Wildfire Ready?
Resilient Data – Is Your Organization’s Data Wildfire Ready?
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023 is GIS Day! This is a day dedicated to GIS professionals and the critical work they provide…
- See Details about USFWS Updated Mitigation Policy and ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy
USFWS Updated Mitigation Policy and ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy
July 7, 2023
In May 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released an updated Mitigation Policy (Policy) and its first Endangered…
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New USFWS Statewide Programmatic Biological Opinion
June 6, 2023
Regulatory Time and Cost Savings for Applicants Proposing Habitat Restoration and Multi-benefit Projects A five-year effort by the U.S. Fish…
- See Details about WRA Plant Biologist Published in Madroño Scientific Journal
WRA Plant Biologist Published in Madroño Scientific Journal
May 1, 2023
WRA Plant Biologist Scott Batiuk, a Certified Consulting Botanist, has published two articles in the California Botanical Society's Madroño, a…
- See Details about Integrating Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Design to Create Resilient Landscapes
Integrating Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Design to Create Resilient Landscapes
April 27, 2023
Ecological restoration and sustainable landscape design often share similar goals of improving the health, well-being, and functionality of our ecosystems…
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Visitor Use Management: More than Reservations for the Great Outdoors
April 3, 2023
According to a study published in 2022 in Scientific Reports, visitor use at publicly protected areas such as national parks…
- See Details about New Scientific Paper Explores Biofluorescence in Amphibians
New Scientific Paper Explores Biofluorescence in Amphibians
March 21, 2023
WRA's Marisa Ishimatsu is a co-author of a recent scientific paper "Biofluorescence in California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma californiense (Amphibia: Ambystomatidae)"…
